But that’s exactly what happened to this group of rambling riders in recent days.

On Saturday YouTuber Big DT posted this remarkable footage of his companion’s fat bike becoming stuck on an electric fence after he tried to lift it over and it became entangled.

Paul, the bike’s owner, was given a shock by the electric fence – a very unpleasant experience, especially when you’re climbing over one without realising its electrified.

The bike was dropped on the fence when its owner got the shock and there followed a struggle to free the bike.

Big DT posted the following message with the clip below:

“Whilst pedalling today my mate Paul went to put his bike over a fence. Half way though he realised that it was electric!

“So he dropped it on the fence. This is a video of him and my mate Al trying to get it off!

“Please excuse the swearing and oh yes by the way the clicking sound is the electric pulsing!!”

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Where did the name come from?

A stickybottle, put simply, is the knackered cyclist’s best friend.
As a rider is being dropped from a group, the team manager or support worker in a following car holds a bottle out the window to hand it up.
As the handover is taking place, the rider grabs the bottle tight, as does whoever is handing it up, enabling the rider get a good tow and push from momentum of the car.
It’s known as a stickybottle because it appears neither the rider nor the person handing it up is able to take their hand off the bottle; it looks stuck to their hands.
But please don’t try this at home. We’ve been slyly cheating this way all our lives; it takes a while to perfect.